Norah Jones

Musician, vocalist and songwriter Nora Jones became an overnight sensation at the age of 22 when her debut album, <i>Come Away with Me</i>, soared up the charts and swept the Grammy Awards...
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Norah Jones, Brandon Flowers, Heart singer Ann Wilson and Wilson Phillips will be among the stars paying tribute to Beach Boys star Brian Wilson at an upcoming Los Angeles concert. Brian Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of Brian Wilson will take place at the Fonda Theatre on 30 March and benefit the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which aids struggling musicians. The organisers have also put together tributes honouring Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Rolling Stones. Last year, they organised George Fest in honor of George Harrison, which featured Brian Wilson.

Folk legend Bob Dylan will be presented with the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year honour from former U.S. president Jimmy Carter after receiving musical tributes from Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson and Jack White. The Lay Lady Lay hitmaker will be honoured at the Recording Academy's 25th annual benefit gala dinner and concert on 6 February (15), and a host of stars have lined up to celebrate Dylan's career.
Joining Springsteen, Nelson and White will be Crosby, Stills & Nash, Tom Jones, John Mellencamp, Eddie Vedder, Neil Young, Beck, the Black Keys, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones and singer/songwriter John Doe.
President Carter will close out the night by personally saluting the veteran.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the MusiCares organisation, which provides financial and medical aid to musicians in need.
Previous MusiCares Person of the Year honourees include Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Bono, Tony Bennett and Carole King, who received the accolade last year (14).

Paul Simon joined U.S. chat show host Conan O'Brien's George Harrison tribute week on Tuesday (24Sep14) when he performed the late Beatle's Here Comes The Sun and then joined O'Brien to chat about his old pal. Harrison superfan O'Brien opened his Harrison Week with a performance from Beck and he'll close the tributes with appearances by Norah Jones and the dead star's son Dhani.

George Harrison's son Dhani and stars like Beck and Norah Jones will honour the late Beatle as part of a 'Harrison Week' on U.S. late-night host Conan O'Brien's show. The TV personality will turn his Conan show into a daily tribute to one of his heroes, beginning on Monday (22Sep14).
Harrison Week will coincide with the release of box set The Apple Years: 1968-75, which features the beloved singer/songwriter's first six solo albums.
The late Beatle's legacy will also be celebrated in the week after the Conan engagement at an event dubbed George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison. Dhani Harrison and Jones will also perform at that concert, scheduled for 28 September (14) at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, along with Brian Wilson, Brandon Flowers and 'Weird Al' Yankovic.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Sweet Relief, a charity that aids struggling musicians.

Rocker Neil Young is putting his marriage woes behind him to join Pearl Jam and Soundgarden at the annual Bridge School Benefit concert he started with his estranged wife Pegi in 1986. Florence and the Machine, Tom Jones, Norah Jones and Band of Horses will also perform, and Young's wife Pegi will hit the stage with her band the Survivors.
Young stunned fans last month (Aug14) when it was revealed he had filed for divorce after 36 years of marriage.
The rocker has since been linked to actress Daryl Hannah.
Young has been separated from Pegi since April (14) although they have agreed to continue supporting their adult son Ben, who suffers from cerebral palsy.
The Youngs held the first Bridge School Benefit concert in October, 1986. This year's event will be held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in California on 25 and 26 October (14).

George Harrison is set to be honoured by musicians including Brian Wilson and Norah Jones at a star-studded tribute concert, dubbed George Fest. The Beatles guitarist's tunes will be performed by some of music's most notable rockers during the celebration at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on 28 September (14).
Taking the stage alongside Wilson and Jones will be Heart star Ann Wilson, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, the Killers' Brandon Flowers and Mark Stoermer, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, Spoon's Britt Daniel, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and members of The Strokes and Weezer, among others.
Harrison's son, Dhani, is also set to take the stage, as well as some surprise guests.
Profits from the gig will benefit the Sweet Relief organisation, which aids career musicians who are in financial need.
George Fest will take place three days after a new six-disc Harrison box set, The Apple Years 1968-75, is released.

Singer/songwriter Beck is finally releasing a full studio version of his innovative sheet music album Song Reader. The Loser hitmaker's 2012 record was only available in sheet format with instructions so fans could play the tracks themselves.
Last year (13), he performed the album on stage in London for the first time, and enlisted his famous friends, including Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, and Charlotte Gainsbourg to interpret his music.
Two years later, fans will now be able to buy the full recorded version of Song Reader, which includes more big-name talent.
Artists including Cocker, Jack White, Norah Jones, Juanes, Tweedy, and actor/rocker Jack Black have all contributed to the project.
Song Reader will be available for purchase from 29 July (14).

Comic Seth Macfarlane is reuniting with singers Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles for a new Christmas album. The Family Guy creator has teamed up with producer Joel McNeely and a 52-piece orchestra for the disc, which was recorded at London's iconic Abbey Road Studios.
MacFarlane will tackle festive classics such as Little Jack Frost Get Lost, which he sings with Jones, and Baby, It's Cold Outside, a duet with Bareilles.
The album, set for release this Christmas (14), is the star's first musical offering since his 2011 debut, Music Is Better Than Words, which also featured Jones and Bareilles.

Stars including Billie Joe Armstrong, Linda Ronstadt and Brian May have paid tribute to Everly Brothers singer Phil Everly following his death on Friday (03Jan13). The younger of the two singing siblings passed away in Burbank, California aged 74 after suffering complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The sad news was confirmed by the music legend's wife Patti and has since prompted a string of tributes from leading musicians.
Green Day star Billie Joe Armstrong, who recently released a tribute album with Norah Jones called Foreverly, which is their own version of the brothers' second record Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, has taken to Twitter.com to share his grief.
He writes, "The Everly Brothers go way back far as I can remember hearing music. Those harmonies live on forever. We're gonna miss you Phil. Gratitude."
Linda Ronstadt, who recorded an interpretation of the duo's When Will I Be Loved in 1975, adds, "They had the sibling sound. The information of your DNA is carried in your voice, and you can get a sound that you never get with someone who's not blood-related to you. And they were both such good singers, they were one of the foundations, one of the cornerstones of the new rock'n'roll sound."
Queen rocker Brian May has also posted a tribute to the late star on his website, writing, "When we're young, we soak up up the things we love like a sponge, and the music of the Everlies (sic), which thrilled me to the core when I was a boy, will be in my head til I die... And tonight, about 3am, I hear that Phil is gone. I feel like a huge piece of my youth just melted away. I loved, loved those guys, and still do."
Other stars who have rushed to pay their respects include Rita Wilson, comedian Eric Idle and country star Charlie Daniels.

Everly Brothers star Phil Everly has died, aged 74. The younger of the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame siblings, Phil passed away in Burbank, California on Friday (03Jan14) of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
His wife Patti tells the Los Angeles Times, "We are absolutely heartbroken."
He and his brother Don had a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s and influenced the likes of the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel. Their songs included Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love and All I Have to Do Is Dream.
Everly was born to country stars Ike and Margaret Everly in Chicago, Illinois in January, 1939. He joined the family act as a boy.
He and Don enjoyed their first hit, Bye Bye Love, in 1957, and followed that with another classic, Wake Up Little Susie.
His brother Don will turn 77 in February (14). The stars' mother is still alive.
The news of Everly's death comes just weeks after the release of Green Day star Billie Joe Armstrong and singer Norah Jones' new tribute album, Foreverly - their take on the brothers' controversial second album Songs Our Daddy Taught Us.
In a recent USA Today interview, Armstrong revealed he was a huge fan, stating, "They are so immaculate."
He added, "That record was pretty daring at the time. A lot of other rock guys were trying to go pop. Chuck Berry had a string of big hits, and the same with Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis. And here the Everlys were playing these torch songs and murder ballads. For them to do something so dark and angelic was appealing to me."
The Everly Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Released second album Feels like Home,, which sold over 10 million copies

Released third album Not Too Late, the first album she wrote or co-wrote every song

Teamed up with Danger Mouse for fifth studio album Little Broken Hearts

Appeared on Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album in a duet with André 3000

Released debut album Come Away with Me, which sold 20 million records and earned her eight Grammy Awards

Made acting debut in Wong Kai-wai's English language debut "My Blueberry Nights"; film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival

Earned Grammy nomination for "Chasing Pirates" from the album The Fall

Released fourth studio album The Fall

Summary

Musician, vocalist and songwriter Nora Jones became an overnight sensation at the age of 22 when her debut album, <i>Come Away with Me</i>, soared up the charts and swept the Grammy Awards. The album and its two successors proved to record executives that audiences were ready for a sophisticated alternative to flashy, fleshy female pop singers. Jones' sound included elements of jazz, '70s singer/songwriters, and classic country, but she was also a frequent collaborator with artists as diverse as Ray Charles and the Foo Fighters. At any given time, she was involved in several surprising side projects that expressed her versatility and talent in every area of music creation and production. Film director Wong Kar-Wai saw something else in the gorgeous ingénue as well, casting the untrained actress in the starring role of his film, "My Blueberry Nights," which opened the Cannes Film Festival in the spring of 2007.